Relocation

The old emperor ultimately did not survive the winter of the 331st year after Huo Yuhao ascended to the God Realm. One night, after entrusting the final few matters to the crown prince, he chose to consume a sleeping draught, departing from this world in a less painful manner. The entire Star Luo Empire entered the era of the third emperor to rule since the ascension of Lingbing Douluo.

It is quite peculiar to say that in this era following the ascension of Lingbing Douluo, the Star Luo Empire has had three consecutive emperors who possessed the strength of a Title Douluo. However, considering the military pressure from the Sun Moon Empire, if the person sitting on the throne were not a Title Douluo, they would not be able to hold the position for very long.

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On the very night of his coronation, the new emperor traveled to the border to hold a secret meeting with Zhang Cheng, a level 99 Limit Douluo who belonged to the Star Luo Empire itself and had nothing to do with Shrek Academy, to ask how much longer the empire could hold on under his protection.

"Before my lifespan is exhausted, I can still support the empire for another seventy-some years. But if there is no other Limit Douluo capable of succeeding me by then, Your Majesty may have to go find that group of people who graduated from Shrek Academy."

The new emperor fell silent. Ever since the Heaven Dou Empire granted it territory, Shrek Academy had been established for over ten thousand years. Today, across the entire Douluo Continent, it had become an entity too large to be controlled—existing as an academy in name, but an independent power in reality.

Originally, they should have also fallen into the awkward situation of lacking a level 99 Limit Douluo, unable to stop the Sun Moon Empire's trend of swallowing the entire continent, but who would have thought that Lingbing Douluo would directly carry them to success. Considering that a previous emperor named Dai Hao existed, and the royal family knew their own messy history, this new emperor could only remain silent.

Even the Shrek Academy under the management of Lingbing Douluo did not get along with the Star Luo Empire; "not harmonious" would be a generous way to describe it.

They spoke of maintaining the balance of the Douluo Continent, yet they busied themselves with interfering in the internal affairs of various nations.

When the new emperor was still the crown prince, he had once fantasized about entering Shrek Academy for advanced studies. However, while his father was still alive, he was firmly kept within the Star Luo Royal Academy, forced to observe the situation of his brothers—whose innate soul power levels were lower than his own—after they had entered Shrek Academy.

Then he fell silent. No wonder no crown prince of the Star Luo Empire could be chosen from those who had studied at Shrek Academy, not even those who had only graduated from the outer courtyard.

"It is a pity that Prince Jinhu died during the soul beast hunting operation. He was the one among the level 98s with the most hope of becoming the empire's level 99 Limit Douluo. Now, there are not many people we can choose from among the level 98s."

Zhang Cheng still felt some regret regarding the death of Dai Zuoheng, but his death under the claws of a 600,000-year soul beast was the result of the many large-scale soul beast capture operations his organization had conducted; it was merely the karmic conclusion of provoking the soul beasts.

"However, thanks to the arrangements of the late emperor, we are not without excellent seeds: General Kallen, Count Libai, and a little girl named... um... Dai Ruoheng."

"I know the first two; my father instructed me about them when he was critically ill. I will promote them later. As for this child Dai Ruoheng, is she the descendant of some prince?"

The new emperor naturally knew the first two, as he had traveled to the New Continent and made contact with them, but he truly did not know of Dai Ruoheng.

"Neither. It was that father of yours—over two hundred years old and still unable to control himself—who got a new life out of a top courtesan at a brothel and entrusted it to me. I have sons but no daughters, so he handed this little girl to me to raise. It was like winning the lottery for me as a foster father. Innate soul power level ten, and an Evil Eye White Tiger to boot; one has to say that the bloodline of your Dai family is strong. I have kept her by my side to cultivate since she was young, and now at twenty years old, she is level 72 and has somehow already formed a soul core. I see a good chance for her to become a Limit Douluo."

Zhang Cheng looked at the new emperor and said with a smile. The old emperor and he had both been scoundrels in their early years, fond of sneaking off to brothels every day. Although they were caught and disciplined, it forged a deep friendship between the two. Looking back now, those were beautiful memories amidst the heavy pressures of their youth.

"What? A sister more than one hundred and twenty years younger than me."

The new emperor was stunned, but so be it; if he had an extra sister, then so be it. Besides, this talent was truly top-tier. In any case, as long as it wasn't someone who graduated from Shrek Academy, it was fine.

"After I return, I will draw up a plan to have my scoundrel of a son get to know her."

"That would be most appropriate."

With the coronation of the new emperor, the Star Luo Empire entered a period of halting further expansion, digesting new territories, and the emperor himself consolidating power. Unlike previous consolidations of power, the lands of the Star Luo Empire were separated by the ocean, so the centralization of power would take much longer.

"So, those Star Luo people haven't made any more moves?"

Rus Wang looked at the information transmitted by Yin Ji and summarized.

"The new emperor has ascended the throne, and the governors, nobles, and generals of the Star Luo people in the Dragon Valley Continent are all feeling insecure. That is the situation."

"That is a good thing. We must move your main body to the Zheer Continent immediately."

Rus Wang nodded and decided to initiate the soul beast migration plan, which had been finalized after discussions with the Light Dragon King. The priority was to consolidate the Zheer Continent, where soul beasts and elves lived together. As for the Dragon Valley Forest, they would maintain the current status quo, not attempting to reclaim soul beast habitats elsewhere, and let the two human factions remain in a stalemate there.

The Dragon Valley world moved unconsciously on its own, and according to the Light Dragon King, it was currently moving toward the Douluo Planet. While there might be the influence of the God Realm involved, one could not rule out the possibility that it was being attracted by the residual power of the Dragon God.

He would find a way to arrange the spatial rifts of the Dragon Valley world to lead to the various designated dragon group habitats on the Zheer Continent. The Dragon Valley Forest would also be preserved, but it would definitely not have as many as the Zheer Continent.

Yes, as one of the nine great Dragon Kings, although he was not as specialized as the Space Dragon King, the Light Dragon King could still influence the generation of spatial rifts from the Dragon Valley world to the outside.

This made things much easier.

However, the focus of this soul beast migration plan, the Sun-Passing Ginkgo Yin Ji, was more difficult to move. After all, she was a plant-type soul beast, and her main body was not easy to relocate.

The Light Dragon King had searched through the runic arrays for mass teleportation found in the fragmentary books of the dragon race's knowledge treasury, which he had engraved in his memory. But all of them clearly indicated that there were risks, and Rus Wang had to evaluate them himself.

Rus Wang looked them over and realized that the safest method was not some mass teleportation magic, but rather the old-fashioned way: moving the Sun-Passing Ginkgo to the Zheer Continent as a whole.

Consequently, Rus Wang and Barus began to ponder the creation of a large-scale Soul Guidance Device, combined with the levitation runic array provided by the Light Dragon King, to build a large trailer. Rus Wang would act as the truck head in front, moving the entire Sun-Passing Ginkgo tree to the Nanshan Rainforest on the Zheer Continent.

"Add a dozen more level 9-grade Soul Guidance shields. A container one hundred meters long and wide can hold a lot. For the sake of safety, add as many as possible."

"Dad, if we do that, our construction period will be greatly extended."

Barus stopped his work on the core array and said.

"It is better than making a mistake. Every single 100,000-year soul beast will be a precious combat force used to protect the Zheer Continent from human invasion in the future."

Rus Wang knew that when the system's protective barrier disappeared, the humans who had swallowed three continents would inevitably covet the Zheer Continent, the fourth habitable continent on the Douluo Planet.

And that Ice Continent? It was not very suitable.